David Lynch Foundation

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The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (or simply DLF) is a global charitable foundation with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Fairfield, Iowa.[https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/Search.aspx Iowa Secretary of State, Business Entities Search], Business Number 314711, "David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace"{{cite web |title=Contact |publisher=David Lynch Foundation |url=http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/contact.html |access-date=5 March 2013}}{{cite news |first=Claire |last=Hoffman |title=David Lynch Is Back ... As a Guru of Transcendental Meditation |newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 February 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/david-lynch-transcendental-meditation.html |access-date=5 March 2013}} It was founded by film director and Transcendental Meditation (TM) practitioner David Lynch in 2005 to fund the teaching of TM in schools.{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/10/sections/life/life/article_628247.php |title=Tapping into TM: Filmmaker David Lynch wants to share with schools the benefits he says he's reaped from Transcendental Meditation |author=Larsen, Peter |work=Orange County Register |date=10 August 2005 |page=Cover |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525061510/http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/10/sections/life/life/article_628247.php |archive-date=2006-05-25 |access-date=6 September 2013}} Over the years it has expanded its focus to include other "at-risk" populations such as the homeless, U.S. military veterans, African war refugees[http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/about-us.html David Lynch Foundation] About Us. Retrieved 22 February 2012. and prison inmates.{{cite web |url=http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201109/transcendental-meditation-pure-consciousness#/ixzz1V2ChzEJb |title=Meditation Nation |publisher=Details Magazine |date=September 2011 |author=Hooper, Joseph |access-date=29 August 2013}}

The Foundation is reported to have sponsored between 70,000 and 150,000 students in 350 schools throughout the U.S. and South America. The Foundation also sponsors research on the TM program.

Description

According to the DLF web site, David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education is a non-profit organization, established to "fund the implementation of scientifically proven stress-reducing modalities" for "at-risk populations", including U.S. veterans and African war refugees with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), inner city students, American Indians, homeless and incarcerated men.{{cite web|url=http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/|title=David Lynch Foundation Healing Traumatic Stress and Raising Performance in At-risk Populations|access-date=15 November 2013}} The DLF also funds research to "assess the effects of the program on academic performance, ADHD and other learning disorders, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, cardiovascular disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, and diabetes". In 2005, the DLF announced the long-term goal of raising $7 billion in order to establish seven affiliated "Universities of World Peace" in seven different countries, to train students to practice Transcendental Meditation and become "professional peacemakers".[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=508719 Wasserstein, Scoop, "David Lynch meditates on peace", Harvard Crimson (September 30, 2005)].[http://download.tmnews.org/2005_07_21_ChronicleHE_ltr.pdf Hoover, Eric, "Filmmaker starts foundation to help students chill out with Transcendental Meditation", Chronicle of Higher Education (July 21, 2005)]. DLF.TV is the Foundation's production wing and online television channel that provides video content and web casts.{{cite news |last=Yourse |first=Robin-Denise |date=26 March 2009 |title=ARTS ETC., TAKING NAMES : HBO pic on Clintons |newspaper=The Washington Times |page=B07 |publication-place=Washington, DC |id={{Gale|A196386642}}. NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1272F109EC6B3B28 1272F109EC6B3B28].}}

The Foundation is governed by a board of directors consisting of: John Hagelin, Jeffrey S. Abramson, Rona Abramson, Ramani Ayer, Robert G. Brown, Joni Steele Kimberlin, Arthur Liebler, and Nancy Liebler.{{cite web|url=http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments//2009/830/436/2009-830436453-05b71ec3-9.pdf|date=12 February 2010|title=David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace: IRS Form 990, Fiscal year 2008|publisher=GuideStar}} As of 2011, the Foundation's board of advisors included: Russell Simmons, Gary P. Kaplan, William R. Stixrud, Frank Staggers Jr., César Molina, George H. Rutherford, Carmen N’Namdi, Ralph Wolff, Ashley Deans, Linda Handy, and Sarina Grosswald.David Lynch Foundation [http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/about-us.html"Directors and Advisors]. Retrieved 3 February 2011. Charity Navigator "Your Guide To Intelligent Giving" evaluated "David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education[https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=16018 Charity Navigator "Your Guide To Intelligent Giving" evaluated "David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education - Healing traumatic stress and raising performance in at-risk populations" (This rating was published 07/01/2018)].

History

Concerned about school violence and increasing stress and problems for students,{{Cite magazine |last=Springen |first=Karen |date=July 26, 2005 |title=The Magic of Meditation |department=Health |magazine=Newsweek |edition=Newsweek Web Exclusive |id=NewsBank [https://infoweb-newsbank-com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/10FEDE93E15E3898 10FEDE93E15E3898].}}{{Cite magazine |last=Pierce |first=Elise |date=March 2006 |title=Are the Kids All Right? |magazine=Hemispheres |publisher=United Airlines}} [Cited and excerpted in: {{Cite press release |title=Maharishi's global peace programme featured in United Airlines' Hemispheres magazine |date=8 March 2006 |url=https://globalgoodnews.com/watch-live.html/world-peace-a.html?art=11418451989193404 |via=World Peace News |last1=David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace |access-date=2025-02-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204234125/https://globalgoodnews.com/watch-live.html/world-peace-a.html?art=11418451989193404 |archive-date=2025-02-04}}] David Lynch founded the DLF in July 2005 "to provide the [TM] program to schools".{{Cite news |last=Larsen |first=Peter |date=August 10, 2005 |title=Tapping into TM - Filmmaker David Lynch wants to share with schools the benefits he says he's reaped from Transcendental Meditation |work=The Orange County Register |department=Life |page=Cover |publication-place=Santa Ana, CA |id=NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/10C1AB510BA59528 10C1AB510BA59528].}} That year, Lynch, DLF president John Hagelin, and Maharishi University of Management researcher Fred Travis went on a lecture tour titled "Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brain". Tour dates included the University of Southern California,{{cite news |last=Booth |first=William |date=2 December 2005 |title=Yogi Bearer; Dark Films Aside, David Lynch Brims With the Light of Transcendental Meditation / Lynch's TM: More Than a Chant Encounter |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/12/02/yogi-bearer/097b702e-37a5-4fdb-8e55-78290bf542d1/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=C.01 |id={{ProQuest|409890564|2605919970}}.}} UC Berkeley,{{cite news |last=Harmanci |first=Reyhan |date=6 November 2005 |title=FIVE QUESTIONS FOR: David Lynch / Bliss and world peace, one campus at a time |work=San Francisco Chronicle |department=Style |page=D.4 |id=NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/10DC97BC2EA131E0 10DC97BC2EA131E0].}} the University of Oregon in Eugene,{{cite news |last=Keefer |first=Bob |date=6 November 2005 |title=Movie director takes cues from Transcendental Meditation |work=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Or. |page=G.1 |issn=07398557 |id={{Gale|A138784449}}. NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/10DEFD7492ABEC28 10DEFD7492ABEC28]. {{ProQuest|377741347}}.}} the University of Washington,{{cite news |last=GOODNOW |first=CECELIA |date=5 November 2005 |title=DAVID LYNCH IS SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF MEDITATION |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |department=Life and Arts |page=D.1 |publication-place=WA |id=NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/10DBCA82730B69D0 10DBCA82730B69D0].}} Emerson College,{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=david+Lynch+emerson+college#es_sm=122&espv=210&q=david+Lynch+emerson+college&start=50|title=Transcending it all: David Lynch is happy, and wants you to know it |last=Morrow |first=Jennifer |date=11 October 2005 |quote=updated 31 May 2011 |work=The Justice.org |access-date=11 November 2013}} Yale University, and Brown University.{{cite news |last=Houpt |first=Simon |date=10 October 2005 |title=From Twin Peaks to inner peace |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto, Ont. |page=R.1 |issn=03190714 |id={{Gale|A137356078}}. {{ProQuest|383609877}}.}} In 2005, Lynch offered to fund (for-credit) peace studies courses at several universities with TM instruction being included in each course.{{Cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=Charles |date=Dec 11, 2005 |title=The 5th Annual Year in Ideas : Accredited Bliss |magazine=New York Times Magazine |page= |pages=6.57–107 (particularly 58, 60) |issn=00287822 |id={{ProQuest|215474119}}}}

By 2006, six public schools in the U.S. had been awarded $25,000 by the David Lynch Foundation.{{Cite periodical |date=May 2006 |title=Clear Your Mind |magazine=NEA Today |publisher=National Education Association of the United States |page=15 |volume=24 |issue=8 |issn=0734-7219 |id={{Gale|A145526422}}. {{ProQuest|198839601}}.}} NEA Today described the DLF as an organization "which provides funding for students in grades 4 to 12 to learn Transcendental Meditation" and reported that DLF had "helped approximately 500 students and 50 teachers learn how to meditate and "about 1,500 more" were scheduled to learn in the fall.{{Cite magazine |last=Wills |first=Denise Kersten |date=August 12, 2006 |title=Take Your Meditation |url=https://www.edweek.org/leadership/take-your-meditation/2006/08 |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Teacher Magazine |page=12 |volume=18 |issue=1 |issn=1046-6193 |id={{EBSCOhost|507904965|22156062}}}} In October the Foundation withdrew a $175,000 pledge to a San Rafael, California, high school after the anti-separation Pacific Justice Institute threatened to sue for violating the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.{{Cite news |date=August 6, 2007 |title=Californian Catholics against teaching of meditation in public schools |url=https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,4611,0,0,1,0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119023730/https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65%2C4611%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0 |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=Buddhist Channel |department=US West |agency=California Catholic Daily}} That year Lynch assigned all of his proceeds from the sale of his book Catching the Big Fish to the DLFLynch, David, (2006) The Penguin Group) About the Author (last page of the book). and the Foundation sponsored a presentation on the benefits of TM in education at the Harvard Club of Boston.{{cite journal|url=http://www.pulsarnet.com/IdealAcademyArticle.pdf |author1=Cynthia E. Johnson |author2=Lisa Lindberg |date=Winter 2009|title=Taking Care of The Student – The Forgotten Element in Education|journal=Pathways Magazine |via=pulsarnet.com}}

Natural Health magazine reported in 2007 that the DLF had given $3 million in sponsorship to 20 U.S. schools located in the city of Washington, D.C., and various states including Arizona, New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Michigan.{{cite news |url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/muom-eal120810.php |last=Linda |first=Marsa |title=Eastwood and Lynch launch Operation Warrior Wellness to teach 10,000... Save Export Email Print Cite TM makes the grade: a Hollywood director is bringing Transcendental Meditation to kids, but they're not the only ones who can benefit from it |newspaper=Natural Health |date=1 July 2007 |access-date=6 September 2013 |archive-date=18 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118085815/http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/muom-eal120810.php |url-status=dead }}

By 2008, the Foundation had funded TM courses for more than 2,000 students, faculty and parents at 21 universities and schools in the U.S., in addition to substantially higher numbers at schools overseas.{{cite news |last=Conant |first=Eve |date=29 May 2008 |title=Much Dispute About Nothing - Can Meditation Help At-Risk Kids? |work=Newsweek |department=Education |id=NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/120FFD78105916D0 120FFD78105916D0].}} That year DLF funded the TM program at two schools in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.{{Cite news |last=Fridell |first=Zach |date=December 14, 2008 |title=Meditation soothes Lowell Whiteman students |url=http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2008/dec/14/meditation_soothes_lowell_whiteman_students/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217113135/http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2008/dec/14/meditation_soothes_lowell_whiteman_students/ |archive-date=2008-12-17 |work=The Steamboat Pilot & Today |publication-place=Steamboat Springs, CO}} A 2010 Wall Street Journal article reported that since 2005, Lynch had personally "donated half a million dollars to help finance scholarships for 150,000 students who are interested in learning transcendental meditation".[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704638304575636911988306800?mod=googlenews_wsj "Filmmaker David Lynch Introduces Meditation to Veterans"] Wall Street Journal, 26 November 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

The Jerusalem Post reported in 2009 that the DLF had "provided scholarships to more than 60,000 people interested in practicing Transcendental Meditation throughout the United States, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa."{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-161812020.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329143731/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-161812020.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2015 |last=Cashman |first=Greer Fay |title=Day Tripper Across the Universe. Ex-Beatles to unite to promote TM in schools around the world, including in Israel |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=11 March 2009 |access-date=6 September 2013}}{{cite journal |last=Yellin |first=Steven |date=March 2009 |journal=Elevated Existence |title=Meditation in the Classroom |url=http://www.elevatedexistence.com/march-2009-issue}}

In 2011 the press reported that DLF had "raised millions of dollars" to finance the teaching of the TM technique to "150,000 people, mostly students, worldwide",Strauss, Bob (3 June 2011) [http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18203684 Children of the Night] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225033723/http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18203684 |date=25 February 2012 }} Daily News. Retrieved 22 February 2012. including a "handful" of San Francisco's public schools{{cite web |last1=Schreiber |first1=Dan |date=8 May 2011 |website=San Francisco Examiner |url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/05/meditation-program-mends-troubled-visitacion-valley-middle-school#ixzz1n8tV3xtI |title=Meditation program mends troubled Visitacion Valley Middle School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510025849/https://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/05/meditation-program-mends-troubled-visitacion-valley-middle-school/ |archive-date= May 10, 2021 }} while an ABC News article reported the Foundation had sponsored "70,000 students for free in 350 schools around the world; 15 of them are in the United States."James, Susan Donaldson (29 November 2011) [https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/11/29/comic-russell-brand-does-stand-up-for-transcendental-meditation/ Comic Russell Brand does stand up for Transcendental Meditation] ABC News. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

In 2012, The New York Times and other press reported that the DLF had expanded its programs to include other at-risk populations such as "veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and their families, homeless people and incarcerated juveniles and adults".{{Cite news |last=Pember |first=Mary Annette |date=February 1, 2012 |title=Transcendental Meditation Combating Diabetes in Indian Country (A story about how transcendental meditation is fighting diabetes in Indian country) |url=https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/01/transcendental-meditation-combating-diabetes-in-indian-country-95133 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205002307/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/01/transcendental-meditation-combating-diabetes-in-indian-country-95133 |archive-date=2012-02-05 |access-date=18 March 2012 |work=Indian Country Today (Media Network: ICTMN.com) |department=Archive |publication-place=Oneida, NY |id=NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1887FFEF5DAD4E28 1887FFEF5DAD4E28].}}{{cite news|title=Look Who's Meditating Now|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/fashion/20TM.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=22 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323130824/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/fashion/20TM.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|archive-date=23 March 2011|quote=Mr. Brand was the M.C. at a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation, an organization that offers TM at no cost to troubled students, veterans, homeless people, prisoners and others.|work=The New York Times|first=Irina|last=Aleksander|date=18 March 2011|url-status=dead}}Hooper, Joseph (September 2011) Details, [http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201109/transcendental-meditation-pure-consciousness Meditation Nation]. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

In April 2013, Lynch released the film Meditation, Creativity, Peace which documents his 2007 speaking engagements at European and Middle Eastern film schools in 16 countries. According to Lynch, profits from the distribution of the film would benefit DLF's meditation instruction for students around the world.”Russell Brand and David Lynch Bring Meditation to At-Risk Youth". Look to the Stars/The World of Celebrity Giving. (http://www.looktothestars.org/news/9969-russell-brand-and-david-lynch-bring-meditation-to-at-risk-youth). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. The film was described by one reviewer as a "fragmented, self-important film noir".{{cite web | url=http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2013/10/iii_points_review_borscht_stun.php | title=Borscht Stunds, David Lynch Gets Lost in Transcendental Translation | work=Miami New Times| date=7 October 2013 | access-date=13 December 2013 | author=Golumbuk, Morgan}}

In recent years, the David Lynch Foundation has opened branches in a number of other countries including The UK, France, Georgia and Australia.

In April 2022, Lynch announced an initiative to fund training in transcendental meditation for 30,000 international university students to "become advanced peace-creating meditation experts and build a legacy of lasting global peace." The initiative was created in partnership with the Global Union of Scientists for Peace and Maharishi International University. It will invest approximately $500 million in its first year. It will fund meditation training for 10,000 students at Maharishi International University, 10,000 students at its sister school in India, and 10,000 students at partner universities in 10 locations across the globe.{{Cite web|last=Juneau|first=Jen|date=14 April 2022|title=David Lynch Launches $500 Million World Peace Initiative: 'Things Are Very Precarious'|url=https://people.com/movies/david-lynch-launches-500-million-world-peace-initiative-exclusive/|access-date=14 April 2022|website=People}}

=Fundraising events=

==2009–2011==

With the goal of teaching TM to 1 million high risk youth,{{Cite news |last=J. C. D. |first=NUEVA YORK |date=6 April 2009 |title=Paul McCartney y Ringo Starr, de nuevo juntos en un escenario Actuaron en el Radio City Music Hall |url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/buscador/?titulo=%22Change%20Begins%20Within%22&tipo=todos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205010429/https://www.abc.es/archivo/buscador/?titulo=%22Change%20Begins%20Within%22&tipo=todos |archive-date=2025-02-05 |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=ABC |department=ABC2 or Gente |publisher=Vocento Mediatrader S.L. Unipersonal |pages=11, 24, 74 (Madrid), 88 (Sevilla), or 90 (Cordoba) |language=es |publication-place=Spain |id={{Factiva|ABC0000020090406e54600005}} (RF: 914257980031), {{Factiva|ABC0000020090406e54600023}} (RF: 914256684480)}} the Foundation sponsored the 2009 "Change Begins Within" benefit concert, held at Radio City Music Hall and hosted by Lynch and Laura Dern. Guest speakers and performers included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Donovan, Moby, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Paul Horn, Jim James, Bettye LaVette, Sheryl Crow, Angelo Badalamenti, Russell Simmons,Donaldson, Susan James, "Stars Mantra: Get 1M Kids to Meditate", ABC News, 4-6-09. Mike Love, Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern.The Hollywood Reporter [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/music-reviews/concert-review-change-begins-within-1003959022.story "Change Begins Within at Radio City Music Hall – Concert Review"]. Retrieved 18 July 2009.

The Foundation held its second "Change Begins Within" benefit event, titled "Operation Warrior Wellness", at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in December 2010. Participants included Lynch, actor Clint Eastwood, designer Donna Karan, comedian Russell Brand and several war veterans.{{Cite news |date=15 Dec 2010 |title=Eastwood meditates to battle stress |work=The Gold Coast Bulletin |publisher=Nationwide News Pty Ltd |page=26 |publication-place=Southport, Queensland, Australia |issn=13213830 |id={{Gale|A244342045}}. {{ProQuest|817569076}}.}}{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Sebastian |date=13 December 2010 |orig-date={{small|first released 19:46:03 with ~450 words ("Hollywood stars [...] hyper-energized style.") as "sms/mac"; expanded version released 20:35:41 with ~600 words ("Hollywood A-listers [...] their friendships.{{' "}}) as "sms/jkb"}} |title=Celebs, war vets promote meditation |work=Agence France-Presse (English Wire) |id={{Factiva|AFPR000020101213e6cd008ho}}, [https://global.factiva.com/aa/?ref=AFPR000020101213e6cd0086z {{small|AFPR000020101213e6cd0086z}}]. NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1341D0A4BB5485B8 1341D0A4BB5485B8], [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1341D0A0A6F86508 1341D0A0A6F86508]. Nexis Uni [https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn%3acontentItem%3a51PG-7781-JBV1-X50B-00000-00 {{small|51PG-7781-JBV1-X50B-00000-00}}]. Westlaw NewsRoom [https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I0360ac2006fb11e0b333ec4d24ea62bd/View/FullText.html {{small|I0360ac2006fb11e0b333ec4d24ea62bd}}], [https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I2c6d1c9006f411e099f2b8e3a062a34d/View/FullText.html {{small|I2c6d1c9006f411e099f2b8e3a062a34d}}]. |agency=AFP}} Reproducing sources include: {{Citation |title=Celebs, war vets promote meditation |date=December 14, 2010 |work=The Independent: Web Edition Articles |publication-place=London, England |id=NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/13DD28F3AF139AF0 13DD28F3AF139AF0] |department=Health & Families}}; {{Citation |title=Celebs, war vets promote meditation |date=December 14, 2010 |work=ETX Daily Up (English International Version) |id=Nexis Uni [https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn%3acontentItem%3a51PN-D171-JDVB-64DT-00000-00 {{small|51PN-D171-JDVB-64DT-00000-00}}] (Journal Code: relaxnews.en) |department=WELL-BEING or HEALTH/FITNESS}}. In April 2011, the Foundation launched David Lynch Foundation Music with their "Download for Good" campaign through PledgeMusic.{{cite web|last1=Michele|first1=Rita Di|title=Introducing David Lynch Foundation's New Venture |url=http://www.musicmedianetwork.com/david_lynch_music.html|website=Music Media Network|access-date=9 September 2014}} Items available for pledges included collector's items from Shepard Fairey and original vinyl art created by Daniel Edlen which was signed by the donating musicians.{{cite web|title=Iggy Pop Autographed Vinyl Artwork at David Lynch Foundation Music|url=http://www.iggyandthestoogesmusic.com/us/news/iggy-pop-autographed-vinyl-artwork-david-lynch-foundation-music|website=Iggy and the Stooges Raw Power|date=March 2011 |access-date=9 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200249/http://www.iggyandthestoogesmusic.com/us/news/iggy-pop-autographed-vinyl-artwork-david-lynch-foundation-music |archive-date= Sep 10, 2014 }} The DLF released a compilation titled "Download for Good: Music That Changes The World" in July 2011 via iTunes and then on 21 April 2012 (for Record Store Day{{Cite web |last=Sliwicki |first=Susan |date=Apr 11, 2012 |title=Make your shopping list for Record Store Day 2012 |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/news/make-your-shopping-list-for-record-store-day-2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006205814/https://www.goldminemag.com/news/make-your-shopping-list-for-record-store-day-2012 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia |publisher=Project M Group LLC / a channel by The Arena Group |language=en}}) as a box set, featuring 34 artists, including Ben Folds, Donovan, Moby, Iggy Pop, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Maroon 5 and Alanis Morissette, and the box set also includes a bonus track by Sean Lennon and a digital download code for one by Julio Iglesias Jr., as well as a book illustrated by Romio Shrestha and Davel Hamue, and a digital version of the documentary film, Meditation, Creativity, Peace.{{cite news |date=April 2012 |title=Foundation to Release Box Set for Record Store Day |url= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |newspaper=Goldmine |publisher=Krause Publications / Active Interest Media HoldCo, Inc. |page=11 |publication-place=Iola, United States |via= |volume=38 |issue=4 |issn=1055-2685 |id={{EBSCOhost|74123702}}. {{Gale|A338524394}}. HighBeam Research [https://web.archive.org/web/20140512030810/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2623033291.html 1P3-2623033291]. {{ProQuest|963359107}}.}}

==2012 and 2013==

In June 2012 Jerry Seinfeld hosted a DLF fundraiser called "A Night of Comedy" honoring George Shapiro which was held in Beverly Hills, California, US.{{cite news|last=Criblez|first=David J.|title=Seinfeld does two shows for Sandy victims|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/seinfeld-does-two-shows-for-sandy-victims-1.4356134|access-date=22 February 2013|newspaper=Newsday|date=19 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204011800/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/seinfeld-does-two-shows-for-sandy-victims-1.4356134 |archive-date= Feb 4, 2014 }} Performers and guests included Russell Brand, Sarah Silverman, Garry Shandling, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Rock, and Danny DeVito.{{cite web|title=Comedy benefit to honor legendary Seinfeld producer George Shapiro|url=http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/blog/comedy-benefit-to-honor-legendary-seinfeld-producer-george-shapiro.html|date=23 May 2012|publisher=David Lynch Foundation|access-date=22 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301043524/http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/blog/comedy-benefit-to-honor-legendary-seinfeld-producer-george-shapiro.html|archive-date=1 March 2013|url-status=dead}}

In January 2013 DLF sponsored a benefit jazz concert in New York City. The program featured comments by TV hosts Mehmet Oz and George Stephanopoulos, and actress Liv Tyler. Musical performances included Herbie Hancock, Corrine Bailey Rae and Wynton Marsalis.{{cite news|last=Vilensky|first=Mike|title=Meditating on Contrasts|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324481204578179731665966630|access-date=20 January 2013 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=14 December 2012}} In February, it sponsored another Operation Warrior Wellness fund raiser at the New York Athletic Club in New York City.

In 2013 the DLF founded a "charity based music label" called Transcendental Music, to raise funds and awareness for its programs.{{cite web |author=Peterman |first=Mindy |date=18 June 2013 |title=David Lynch's Transcendental Music label inspires new talent |url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/352587 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130907022657/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/352587 |archive-date=2013-09-07 |access-date=6 September 2013 |website=Digital Journal |publisher= |department=Entertainment}} In August, 2013 The Independent announced Russell Brand would raise funds for the David Lynch Foundation while on his "Messiah Complex" tour.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/heads-up-russell-brands-messiah-complex-8792852.html|title=Heads Up: Russell Brand's Messiah Complex|last=Williams|first=Holly|date=31 August 2013|work=The Independent|access-date=2 November 2013|location=London}} In the fall, there were two fundraising events for New York City's first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder that featured celebrities Liv Tyler, Royston Langdon, Sean Lennon,{{Cite news |date=October 16, 2013 |title=LIV TYLER TO TEAM UP WITH ROCKER EX FOR ROOFTOP CHARITY GIG |work=WENN Entertainment News Wire Service |department=MUSIC |publisher=World Entertainment News Network Ltd. |id=KL/WN/MT. NewsBank [https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1497DC775217CE30 1497DC775217CE30]. Nexis Uni [https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn%3acontentItem%3a59KT-MPW1-F05D-T25Y-00000-00 {{small|59KT-MPW1-F05D-T25Y-00000-00}}].}} Reproduced in: (with slight modifications) {{citation |title=Liv Tyler to team up with ex for rooftop charity gig |date=16 October 2013 |work=Seattlepi.com |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/people/2013/10/16/liv-tyler-to-team-up-with-ex-for-rooftop-charity-gig/ |access-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213203550/http://blog.seattlepi.com/people/2013/10/16/liv-tyler-to-team-up-with-ex-for-rooftop-charity-gig/ |archive-date=2013-12-13 |url-status=dead |publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |id=NewsBank 1497F80B899C9240 ([https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1497F80B899C9240 for library patrons], [https://seattlepi.newsbank.com/doc/news/1497F80B899C9240 for subscribers]) |department=Celebrities and Entertainment News}}; and (identical content) {{citation |author=WENN |title=Spacehog - Liv Tyler To Team Up With Rocker Ex For Rooftop Charity Gig |date=16 October 2013 |website=Contactmusic.com |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/story/liv-tyler-to-team-up-with-rocker-ex-for-rooftop-charity-gig_3909120 |access-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017030134/http://www.contactmusic.com/story/liv-tyler-to-team-up-with-rocker-ex-for-rooftop-charity-gig_3909120 |archive-date=2013-10-17 |url-status=dead |department=Spacehog Newsletter}}.{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2025|certain=|reason=The reliability of WENN has been questioned by various Wikipedia editors; see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Paul_Reubens/archive1#c-DocKino-2009-05-23T20:05:00.000Z-Paul_Reubens, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/A_Very_Special_Person%E2%80%A6#c-Arxiloxos-2011-04-23T03:53:00.000Z-BelloWello-2011-04-23T00:57:00.000Z, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009_June_20#c-Adam_Bishop-2009-06-21T13:21:00.000Z-Exxolon-2009-06-21T02:00:00.000Z (Also, the Seattle PI blog describes itself as "Celebrity news, rumors and gossip", which puts its reliability into question.)}} and Hugh Jackman.{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579240480637732804 | title=Ohm For All | work=The Wall Street Journal| date=5 December 2013 | access-date=13 December 2013 | author=Cohen, Stephanie}} Later that month, Jack White and Brendan Benson performed a charity concert for DLF at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jack-white-and-brendan-benson-revisit-the-raconteurs-20131219 | title=Jack White and Brendan Benson Revisit the Raconteurs |publisher=Rolling Stone | date=19 December 2013 | access-date=19 December 2013 | author=Gold, Adam}}{{cite web | url=http://www.rttnews.com/2199751/jack-white-and-brendan-benson-to-perform-at-benefit-concert.aspx?type=all | title=Jack White And Brendan Benson To Perform at Benefit Concert | publisher=RTT News | date=8 October 2013 | access-date=13 December 2013 | author=Staff Writer}}

==2015==

In an event described by Rolling Stone as "otherworldly" artists supporting the work of the Foundation appeared at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on 1 April 2015. The evening, entitled "The Music of David Lynch", launched the DLF's tenth anniversary celebrations, and helped to raise funds to teach Transcendental Meditation to 1,000 at-risk youth in Los Angeles. Performers included Angelo Badalamenti, Chrysta Bell, Donovan, Duran Duran, Jim James, Julee Cruise, Karen O, Tennis, Twin Peaks, Kinny Landrum, Lykke Li, Moby, Rebekah Del Rio, Rob Mathes, Sky Ferreira, Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips, and Zola Jesus.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/duran-duran-flaming-lips-play-surreal-music-of-david-lynch-tribute-20150402 |title=Duran Duran, Flaming Lips Play Surreal 'Music of David Lynch' Tribute – Artists from Sky Ferreira to Moby offer electric interpretations of the director's soundtracks |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2 April 2015 |access-date=9 April 2015 |author=Tim Grierson}}

On 4 November 2015, the Foundation organised a benefit concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall, "Change Begins Within", "to provide Transcendental Meditation instruction to 10,000 at-risk New Yorkers at no cost". Performers included Katy Perry, Sting, Jerry Seinfeld, Angelique Kidjo, Jim James, and Sharon Isbin.{{cite web|title=Change Begins Within 2015|url=https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/featured-past-events.html|website=Davidlynchfoundation.org|access-date=15 November 2015}} Rolling Stone quoted Perry as telling the audience, "I started TMing about five years ago, and it's changed my life."{{cite news |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=5 November 2015 |title=Katy Perry, Sting Stun at David Lynch's Meditation Benefit Concert – Jerry Seinfeld, Angelique Kidjo, Jim James and others also perform and explain relaxation technique's importance to them at New York's Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/katy-perry-sting-stun-at-david-lynchs-meditation-benefit-concert-20151105 |newspaper=Rolling Stone |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120012743/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/katy-perry-sting-stun-at-david-lynchs-meditation-benefit-concert-20151105 |url-status=dead }}

Sponsored programs

According to the DLF website, the Foundation's sponsorship encompasses programs for schools, military, homeless shelters, prisons and global outreach.

=Schools=

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The Foundation's web site says it focuses on school-wide instruction in Transcendental Meditation with the aim of improving educational and health outcomes. Its school programs, dubbed "Quiet Time", are voluntary, and require parental permission.{{cite news|url=http://www.edutopia.org/stw-student-stress-meditation-overview|title=A Bold Approach to Reducing Student Stress|last=Nobori|first=Mariko|work=Edutopia|access-date=14 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020090157/http://www.edutopia.org/stw-student-stress-meditation-overview|archive-date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead}} According to the Foundation, the programs are offered to students and faculty at no cost to the parents or school.David Lynch Foundation [http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/ "Transforming Lives: The David Lynch Foundation"]. Retrieved 17 July 2009. The Foundation has reportedly funded school programs in the U.S. cities of Washington, D.C; New York City; Hartford, Connecticut; Detroit, Michigan; San Francisco, California; and in the countries of Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Vietnam, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Israel.{{cite web|publisher=David Lynch Foundation |url=http://www.dlfprojects.org/stress-free-urban-schools.html |title=Stress-free urban schools |archive-date=18 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918004120/http://www.dlfprojects.org/stress-free-urban-schools.html |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dlfprojects.org/at-risk-children.html |publisher=David Lynch Foundation |title=At-risk children in developing countries |archive-date=18 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918001708/http://www.dlfprojects.org/at-risk-children.html |url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |last=Waldoks |first=Ehud Zion |date=November 22, 2007 |title=School crisis? Send the kids to the corner — to count to 10, cross their legs, and hum... |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel/school-crisis-send-the-kids-to-the-corner-to-count-to-10-cross-their-legs-and-hum |work=The Jerusalem Post |page=4 |volume=LXXVI |issue=22882 |id={{ProQuest|1446231536}}}} In 2007, DLF began sponsoring Quiet Time at Visitacion Valley Middle School, providing an annual grant that covers most of the $175,000 cost of dedicated staff to run the program, as well as supporting three other schools in San Francisco.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} As of 2007 another ten schools in the same San Francisco district were waiting to start the program. After studying the program, Carlos Garcia, school district superintendent, concluded that Quiet Time was a secular program that calms students and allows them to learn.Press release by George Lucas Educational Foundation, published as: {{citation |title=RISKING PEACE AT A TROUBLED SCHOOL |date=Feb 22, 2012 |work=States News Service |location=Dateline: San Rafael, CA |id={{Gale|A280895342}}, Nexis Uni [https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn%3acontentItem%3a551F-CKJ1-JCBF-S3CF-00000-00 {{small|551F-CKJ1-JCBF-S3CF-00000-00}}], Westlaw NewsRoom [https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Iaf9c69a05e9f11e1afb1c2fce05be22e/View/FullText.html {{small|Iaf9c69a05e9f11e1afb1c2fce05be22e}}]}}; {{citation |last=Markus |first=David |date=February 22, 2012 |title=Risking Peace at a Troubled School |url=https://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-student-stress-meditation |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Edutopia |department=Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)}}; {{Citation |last=Markus |first=David |title=Risking Peace at a Troubled School |date=March 2, 2012 |work=AlterNet |url=https://www.alternet.org/2012/03/risking_peace_at_a_troubled_school |access-date=2025-02-05}}.{{Cite web |title=Quiet Time Program |url=https://cwae.org/quiet_time_program.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125061347/https://cwae.org/quiet_time_program.php |archive-date=2024-11-25 |access-date=16 February 2013 |website=Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education (CWAE)}}

DLF funded Transcendental Meditation courses for students at the Lowell Whiteman Primary School in Boulder, Colorado in 2008. In 2009, Church and State magazine reported that the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State had characterized the David Lynch Foundation's funding of Transcendental Meditation for public school students as undermining the constitutional separation of church and state.[http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2009/06/levitating-over-the.html Levitating Over the Church-State Wall?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019052414/http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2009/06/levitating-over-the.html |date=19 October 2010 }} Church & State magazine, June 2009. In 2011, music mogul Russell Simmons announced plans to provide financial support to the David Lynch Foundation to teach TM at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut.{{Cite news |last=Turner |first=Michelle/ReneeT55 |date=Mar 16, 2011 |title=Russell Simmons Brings TM to Hillhouse |url=https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/russell_simmons_brings_tm_to_hillhouse |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318101043/http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/russell_simmons_brings_tm_to_hillhouse/id_34743 |archive-date=2012-03-18 |work=New Haven Independent}} In 2009 the DLF provided $120,000 to fund a Transcendental Meditation Club at the Tucson Magnet High School in Arizona, U.S. which had offered TM courses to 160 students, staff, and faculty as of 2010.{{cite news|last=Kossan|first=Pat|title=Transcendental Meditation Club draws student|url=https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/04/08/20100408tucson-transcendental-meditation.html |access-date=21 February 2013|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|date=8 April 2010}}

=Military=

In 2006 Lynch made a personal donation of $100,000 and the DLF inaugurated Operation Warrior Wellness (a DLF national initiative) whose goal is to teach the TM technique to 10,000 veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other war related ailments. Since 2010 DLF has contributed almost $1 million to sponsor TM courses for veterans and their families.{{Cite news |last=Bender |first=Bryan |date=2 Dec 2012 |title=Training cadets for war and (inner) peace: Study suggests meditation may help prevent PTSD / Meditation study seeks (inner) peace |work=Boston (Sunday) Globe |page= |pages=A1, A22 |publication-place=Boston, Massachusetts |volume=282 |issue=155 |issn=07431791 |id=Newspapers.com [https://www.newspapers.com/image/444184609/?terms=PTSD&match=1 444184609], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/444185325/?terms=meditation&match=3 444185325]. {{ProQuest|1221027870}}.}}{{Cite web |title=Our Direction |url=http://www.operationwarriorwellness.org/our-direction.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110062952/http://www.operationwarriorwellness.org/our-direction.html |archive-date=2013-01-10 |access-date=17 February 2013 |website=Operation Warrior Wellness |publisher=David Lynch Foundation}} The Transcendental Meditation technique's effect on post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is the topic of research at the University of Colorado{{cite web |url=http://www.moaa.org/momStory.aspx?pagename=pubs_mom_070601_ptsd |title=Military Officer Association of America, Promise for PTSD |author=Don Vaughn |access-date=6 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115071731/http://www.moaa.org/momStory.aspx?pagename=pubs_mom_070601_ptsd |archive-date=15 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite journal |pmc=1810367 |title=CAM and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Pub Med. |pmid=17342251 |doi=10.1093/ecam/nel041 |volume=4 |issue=1 |date=March 2007 |journal=Evid Based Complement Alternat Med |pages=131–2 | last1 = Hankey | first1 = A}} and was the topic of a study published in Military Medicine{{cite news |last= |date=29 January 2013 |title=Transcendental Meditation technique reduces PTSD symptoms in U.S. Marines |url=http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130129/Transcendental-Meditation-technique-reduces-PTSD-symptoms-in-US-Marines.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119135136/https://www.news-medical.net/news/20130129/Transcendental-Meditation-technique-reduces-PTSD-symptoms-in-US-Marines.aspx |archive-date=2025-01-19 |access-date=7 February 2013 |newspaper=News Medical |agency=Maharishi Foundation USA}} in 2011. Other initiatives to teach the TM technique to war veterans who are at risk for PTSD are ongoing.[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704638304575636911988306800] Wall Street Journal, Film Maker Introduces Veterans to Meditation, 26 November 2010.[https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/stars-hum-praises-of-meditations-healing-power-20101214-18wxg.html] Sydney Morning Herald, "Stars Hum Praises of Meditation's Healing Power", 15 December 2010. The DLF sponsored TM technique instruction for students at Norwich University, a private military academy, as part of a long-term study on meditation and military performance.Vogel, Steve (4 May 2012) VA tests use of TM for vets with PTSD, The Washington Post. The DLF raises funds to cover the $500 per person cost of TM training for military personnel.{{cite news|last=Winter|first=Caroline|title=Transcendental Meditation May Help Stressed Vets|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-06/transcendental-meditation-may-help-stressed-vets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208011159/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-06/transcendental-meditation-may-help-stressed-vets|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2013|access-date=22 February 2013|newspaper=BloombergBusinessweek|date=6 February 2013}} According to Bob Roth, executive director of the David Lynch Foundation, the US Department of Defense is examining potential advantages of TM for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. In order to procure support from the US government, the Foundation is striving to teach 10,000 veterans, active soldiers, trainees, and their families."Filmmaker David Lynch touts meditation for PTSD". AFP. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

Recent research shows that regular practice of Transcendental Meditation technique enables some active duty service members battling post-traumatic stress disorder to reduce or even eliminate their psychotropic medication and get better control of their often-debilitating symptoms, researchers report in the journal Military Medicine.{{Cite web|url=https://neurosciencenews.com/transcendental-meditation-ptsd-3397/|title=PTSD Symptoms May Be Reduced With Transcendental Meditation|date=2016-01-11|website=Neuroscience News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-29}} Transcendental Meditation technique shows marked efficacy in treating anxiety disorders says a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, "TM practice is more effective than treatment as usual and most alternative treatments, with greatest effects observed in individuals with high anxiety."{{cite journal |language=en |author= David W. Orme-Johnson, Vernon A. Barnes |title= Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Technique on Trait Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials |journal= Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine|volume= 20 |number= 5|pages= 330–341 |year= 2014 |pmid= 24107199|doi= 10.1089/acm.2013.0204 |url= http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/acm.2013.0204|url-access= subscription }}

A meta-analysis says: "Differential effects of relaxation techniques on trait anxiety: a meta-analysis. Effect sizes for the different treatments (e.g., Progressive Relaxation, EMG Biofeedback, various forms of meditation, etc.) were calculated. Most of the treatments produced similar effect sizes except that Transcendental Meditation had significantly larger effect size (p less than .005)"{{cite journal|vauthors= Eppley K|display-authors=etal |title= Differential effects of relaxation techniques on trait anxiety: a meta-analysis |journal= Journal of Clinical Psychology |volume= 45 |pages= 957–974 |year= 1989 |issue=6 |doi= 10.1002/1097-4679(198911)45:6<957::aid-jclp2270450622>3.0.co;2-q|pmid=2693491}}

=Social programs=

The DLF began a program in 2010, at a Van Nuys, California, youth shelter called Children of the Night. The David Lynch Foundation also produced the video "Saving the Disposable Ones", about the work of Father Gabriel Mejia and the Fundación Hogares Claret, dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating homeless children in Colombia.{{cite news|url=http://www.blacktiemagazine.com/society_2011_may/South_south_news_hosts_father_gabriel_majia_fundacion_hogares_claret.htm|title=South - South News Father Gabriel Mejia Fundacion Hogares Claret|date=May 2011|work=Black Tie International Magazine|access-date=17 November 2013}} According to the DLF web site, Father Mejia has founded 47 shelters for homeless children where thousands of young people practice the Transcendental Meditation technique.[http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/global-outreach.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228005030/http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/global-outreach.html|date=28 December 2010}} DLF official webs site, Global Outreach page, see the "Support the David Lynch Foundation—Center de Fundación Hogares Claret Project" article in lower right hand corner. Retrieved 11 April 2011. The Foundation now teaches TM to prisoners.Stein, Jeannine, 17 March 2012, "TM directs Lynch", Los Angeles Times.

=Research=

DLF has donated for research on the effects of TM at the University of Connecticut and the University of Michigan. By 2008 the DLF had donated $5 million to research on the TM program.

According to a 2009 press release on PsychCentral, DLF made plans that year to provide a $2 million grant to fund research on the "effects of the [TM] technique on ADHD and other learning disorders".Nauert PhD, Rick and Grohol Psy.D., John (5 January 2009) PsychCentral Meditation Helps Students With ADHD. In 2015 the David Lynch Foundation collaborated with Seleni Institute on the Seleni Research Award to create the Perinatal Mental Health Research Award, in support of research on Transcendental Meditation in treating perinatal anxiety.{{cite news

|title = Helping Mothers with Perinatal Anxiety Disorder

|url = http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/blog/tm-shows-promise-perinatal-anxiety-treatment/

|publisher = David Lynch Foundation

|date = 17 October 2014

|access-date = 2015-06-16

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906191104/http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/blog/tm-shows-promise-perinatal-anxiety-treatment/

|archive-date = 6 September 2015

|url-status = dead

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